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  1. How do I do bibliography in Context, that is more than just bibtex? In the manual there is no explanation of this. Source code doesn't tell me much either...
  2. Are there any "packages" that provide bibliography support? (If yes - where is that place where I can search for packages?)
  3. Can I use biblatex in context?
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ConTeXt uses bibtex as a backend, but it also includes some code, formerly known as the bib module, which allows to set up the bibliography. See the bib manual for more details. But frankly, bibliography support is not well tested in ConTeXt and you'll soon encounter limitations and bugs. You cannot use biblatex with ConTeXt. – Marco Mar 6 at 17:15
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It's fair to say that biblatex+biber backend can do a lot more than bibtex (complete multifield Unicode sorting with tailoring, customisable sorting schemes, customisable crossref inheritance, on the fly data modifications, custom data models plus a lot more). It is a shame biblatex doesn't work with context but that's a piece of work none of the biblatex maintainers have time to look at really. Personally, I don't know context enough to even begin to look at this. – PLK Mar 7 at 7:52
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@drozzy - Two things: (i) you can set up Context to work with Bibtex8 using \setupbibtex[bibtex=bibtex8] with the bib module (provided paths are correctly set up) to give Unicode; (ii) MkII works with Xetex, giving another path to native Unicode support, one you probably should avoid. Supporting MLA is the more tricky of your requirements. – Charles Stewart Mar 7 at 17:01
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There is also the librarian package, which does bibliography stuff without bibtex, and can be used with ConTeXt via the normal \usemodule[librarian]. Unfortunately, I've not used it myself (or ConTeXt). It looks pretty neat, and I always mean to look into it, but never have the time.... – jon Mar 11 at 20:47
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